archiveJanuary 2024

  The Ministry of Interior, on behalf of the Federal Government, has introduced an online portal aimed at streamlining the application process for international passports. During a review of Nigeria Immigration Service facilities in Abuja, Minister of Interior Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo disclosed the launch of an automated passport system. The Minister...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has expressed dissatisfaction with a judgment of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court awarding N100 million damages against it in favour of a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele. Justice O.A Adeniyi, on Monday, January 8, 2024...

      The United Nations has said that Nigeria’s rising debt, increasing inflation rate and its impact on the welfare of the citizens, puts the nation at risk of declining economic growth in 2024. The UN made this known in its World Economic Situation and Prospects report for 2024...

The suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, is scheduled to report at the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Abuja on Tuesday, January 9. Edu was suspended on Monday, January 8, by President Bola Tinubu over alleged N585m cash transfer saga. The...

The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the election of Benue State Governor Hyacinth Alia. Mr Alia, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), defeated Titus Uba, his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rival at the 18 March 2023 poll. Mr Uba, who was speaker of the Benue State House...

    A Federal Capital Territory High Court, sitting in Maitama, Abuja, has declared the prolonged detention of former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emfiele, without trial as a flagrant violation of his fundamental rights. Justice Olukayode Adeniyi, while ruling on a fundamental rights enforcement suit...

    The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has urged the Federal Government to expend cost saving from fuel subsidy to combat inflationary pressures from insecurity, energy and transport cost. MAN also said that sectoral real growth in 2024 is expected to hit about 3.2 per cent. The organization in...

    Following the recent circulating narratives on payments made by Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, President Bola Tinubu has directed thorough investigation to ascertain the accuracy and validity of the allegation. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, in a statement said Tinubu is committed to ensuring that...

  The National Universities Commission (NUC) has dismissed reports of fake professors discovered in Nigerian Universities. The Commission dismissed the reports in a statement by its Acting Executive Secretary, Chris Maiyaki, in Abuja on Monday. Maiyaki described a report titled, “About 100 fake professors just uncovered in Nigerian universities –...

  The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has approved MTN’s request to partially disconnect Globacom (Glo) from its network over unpaid interconnect charges. The partial disconnection means that Globacom’s subscribers will be unable to place calls to any MTN number but can receive calls from MTN users. A memo titled ‘Pre-Disconnection...